My girls are not yet school aged but I've given home-schooling quite a bit of thought. However, the only people I know that do it (friends with a couple in college but we've since grown very far apart) are now very liberal whacks! They've left their Baptist/Catholic upbringings to become Unitarians, volunteer for subversive "charities", and are openly hostile to anyone who may have a mainstream or right-minded orientation. I'd love to ask them why in the world they are home-schooling because they can get all that in the public school system but I just don't want to talk to them any more... For socialization, they took one of their boys to karate class but he couldn't (wouldn't?) follow any of the instructions, face the right way, etc, etc. These people aren't exactly what I'm hoping for. However, I find these FR discussions very encouraging.
don't let that one example queer you on the idea!
talk to more people who do. Your kids will be forever grateful that you did.
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